26 DECEMBER 1863, Page 3

In November, 1862, 448,955 persons were in the cotton district

receiving relief. This year in the SttM3 month the number was only 170,850. It is still equal to two great armies, but the reduction is 75 per cent. In Bolton union there has been a reduction of 40 per cent., of which 21 per cent, have resumed their occupa-

tions, 1-5 per cent. are dead, 10 per cent. are at work out-doors, and 3 per cent. have emigrated, leaving 6 per cent, unaccounted for.